This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Berks County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Berks County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 66 historical markers located in Berks County.[1]
| Marker title | Image | Date dedicated | Location | Marker type | Topics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Sadowski | U.S. 422 eastbound near graveyard, Douglassville 40.2578°N -75.729°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American | ||||||
| Baird House | 5th & Washington Sts., SW corner, Reading (Missing) | City | Environment, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Ben Austrian | New Bethel Union Church Cemetery, RD 2, Kempton 40.6328°N -75.8922°W | Roadside | Artists | ||||||
| Berks County | Courthouse, N. 6th & Court Sts., Reading 40.3365°N -75.9259°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Iron | ||||||
| Bethel A.M.E. Church | 119 N. 10th St., Reading 40.3426°N -75.9256°W | City | African American, Buildings, Religion, Underground Railroad | ||||||
| Carl A. Spaatz | Pa. 562 (S. Reading Ave.) at W. 2nd St., Boyertown 40.3318°N -75.6416°W | Roadside | Military, Military Post-Civil War | ||||||
| Charming Forge | U.S. 422, Womelsdorf 40.3658°N -76.1799°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Buildings, Business & Industry, Iron, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Christ Little Tulpehocken Church | SR 4010 W of Bernville 40.4221°N -76.1322°W | Roadside | Buildings, Religion | ||||||
| Colebrookdale Furnace | n/a | Pa. 562 near SR 2040 SW of Boyertown 40.3232°N -75.6539°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | |||||
| Conrad Weiser | U.S. 422, Weiser Homestead, E of Womelsdorf 40.3601°N -76.1721°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Native American | ||||||
| Conrad Weiser Trading Post | 505 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40.3356°N -75.9278°W | City | Buildings, Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Native American, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Daniel Boone | n/a | U.S. 422, 2 miles SE of Baumstown 40.2677°N -75.7611°W | Roadside | Education, Houses & Homesteads, Professions & Vocations | |||||
| Daniel Boone | U.S. 422 westbound at SR 2041 just E of Baumstown; U.S. 422 eastbound at Baumstown Union Sunday School 40.2794°N -75.8018°W | Roadside | Education, Houses & Homesteads, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - PLAQUE | n/a | US 422 between Baumstown and Douglassville 40.2676°N -75.7611°W | Plaque | Exploration | |||||
| Daniel Boone Homestead | n/a | SR 2041 N of Baumstown 40.2907°N -75.7944°W | Roadside | Buildings, Early Settlement, Houses & Homesteads | |||||
| De Benneville House | Pa. 622, 1.5 miles N of Yellow House 40.3434°N -75.7618°W | Roadside | Houses & Homesteads, Religion | ||||||
| De Turk House | Junction PA 73 & Memorial Hwy. (PA 662), near DeTurk Rd., just S of Oley 40.3837°N -75.7867°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion | ||||||
| Doctor Jonathan Potts | 545 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40.3354°N -75.9263°W | City | American Revolution, Military | ||||||
| Dr. Bodo Otto | 525 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40.3356°N -75.9278°W | City | American Revolution, Medicine & Science, Military, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
| Duryea Drive | Intersection of Clymer & 13th Sts. at Park Dr., Reading 40.3347°N -75.9111°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations, Transportation | ||||||
| Duryea Drive | In Reading at 1st curve on road to Pagoda, about 65' from curve | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations, Transportation | ||||||
| Duryea Drive | In Reading, on Mount Penn at Pagoda 40.3361°N -75.9057°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas, Professions & Vocations, Transportation | ||||||
| Eight-Cornered School | U.S. 422 in Sinking Spring (Missing) | City | Education, Religion | ||||||
| Exeter Friends Meeting | Meetinghouse Road, .5 mile S of Pa. 562 & 2 mile W of Yellow House 40.3129°N -75.7844°W | Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, Buildings, Religion | ||||||
| Federal Inn | 445 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40.3354°N -75.9282°W | City | Buildings, Business & Industry, George Washington, Military, Inns & Taverns, Whiskey Rebellion | ||||||
| Fisher House | Pa. 622, 1.4 miles N of Yellow House 40.3411°N -75.761°W | Roadside | Buildings, Houses & Homesteads | ||||||
| Fort Henry | Pa. 501, 2 miles N of Bethel 40.4918°N -76.3165°W | Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, Military | ||||||
| Goshenhoppen | Pa. 100 (7th & Main Sts.), Bally 40.4027°N -75.5859°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Education, Religion | ||||||
| Hawk Mountain Sanctuary | Hawk Mountain Road, at path to North Lookout 40.6349°N -75.987°W | Roadside | Education, Environment, Science & Medicine, Sports & Recreation, Women | ||||||
| Henry A. Muhlenberg | 400 Penn St., Reading 40.3352°N -75.9297°W | City | Government & Politics, Religion | ||||||
| Hereford Furnace | Pa. 29 & 100 at junction SR 1010, Hereford 40.4497°N -75.5523°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | ||||||
| Hessian Camp | Mineral Spring Rd. (Business U.S. 422 westbound) at 18th St., Reading 40.3317°N -75.9016°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Ethnic & Immigration | ||||||
| Hessian Camp | Pa. 73 & U.S. 422, Mineral Spring Park (Missing) | Roadside | Ethnic & Immigration | ||||||
| Hiester Home | 439 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading 40.3354°N -75.9286°W | City | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Governors, Houses & Homesteads, Military | ||||||
| Hopewell Village | Pa. 10, S of Plowville | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | ||||||
| Hopewell Village | U.S. 422 east & westbound at Pa. 82, Baumstown 40.2808°N -75.8057°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron | ||||||
| Hunter Liggett | 145 S. 6th St. at Chestnut, Reading 40.3323°N -75.9259°W | City | Military, Military Post-Civil War | ||||||
| James Maurer (1864-1944) | Heritage Park near Workers' Memorial, 8th & Canal Sts., Reading 40.3249°N -75.9262°W | Roadside | Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor | ||||||
| Jeremiah Sweinhart and Successors | 3rd. & Walnut Sts., Boyertown 40.3332°N -75.6401°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Military, Transportation | ||||||
| John A. Shulze | Conrad Weiser Pkwy. (US 422) at Main St. & Longs Church Ln., outside Stouchsburg 40.3838°N -76.2469°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Governors | ||||||
| Joseph Hiester | Pa. 183 at SR 3051 & 3053 near Leinbachs 40.3883°N -75.9927°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Governors, Mansions & Manors, Military | ||||||
| Lincoln Homestead | 5700 Perkiomen Ave. (US 422), near Lincoln Rd., Reading / Exeter Twp. | Roadside | Abraham Lincoln, Early Settlement, Government & Politics 18th Century, Houses & Homesteads | ||||||
| Northkill Amish | Old U.S. 22, 1 mile W of Shartlesville 40.5121°N -76.1198°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Native American, Religion | ||||||
| Oley Moravians | Memorial Hwy. (PA 622), near Mine Ln., 1 mile S of Oley 40.3735°N -75.7771°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Education, Religion | ||||||
| Penn's Common | Perkiomen Ave. (Business U.S. 422 westbound) at 11th & Penn Sts., Reading 40.3351°N -75.9159°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, William Penn | ||||||
| Pilger Ruh | Bethel Rd. (PA 501) at Pilger Ruh Rd., N of Bethel near Schuylkill Co. line 40.5133°N -76.3374°W | Roadside | Environment, Native American, Paths & Trails, Religion | ||||||
| Reading | n/a | Lancaster Ave. (Bus. 222) at Summit Ave., S end of city 40.369°N -75.9269°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics | |||||
| Reading | U.S. 122 S | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics | ||||||
| Reading | U.S. 122 N | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics | ||||||
| Reading | n/a | N 5th St. Hwy. / Allentown Pike (US 222) at N city line, just S of Warren St. Bypass (PA 12) | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics | |||||
| Reading | n/a | Penn Ave. (Bus. Rt. 422) just W of Ben Franklin Hwy. / Conrad Weiser Pkwy. cloverleaf 40.3347°N -75.9407°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Ethnic & Immigration | |||||
| Reading Railroad Massacre | 7th & Penn Sts., Reading 40.3352°N -75.9242°W | City | Labor, Railroads, Transportation | ||||||
| Rhoads Opera House Fire | Fairview Cemetery, north side of W Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown | Roadside | Buildings, Government & Politics 20th Century | ||||||
| Robesonia Furnace | n/a | U.S. 422 (Penn Ave.) at Freeman St., Robesonia 40.3498°N -76.1289°W | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron, Professions & Vocations | |||||
| Skew Bridge | N. 6th St. at railroad bridge, near Woodward St., Reading 40.3427°N -75.9257°W | City | Bridges, Railroads, Transportation | ||||||
| Solomon Boscov | 1400 Block N. 9th St., Reading 40.3564°N -75.9193°W | City | Business & Industry, Ethnic & Immigration | ||||||
| Swedish Pioneers | E Main St. / W Schuylkill Rd. (PA 724) just NW of River Bridge Rd., 5 miles SE of Birdsboro 40.2527°N -75.7296°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Houses & Homesteads, William Penn | ||||||
| Thomas Mifflin | U.S. 222 (E. Lancaster Ave.) at Mifflin Blvd., Shillington 40.307°N -75.9594°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Governors, Military | ||||||
| Thomas Rutter | Pine Forge Academy off Pine Forge Rd. (SR 2063), Pine Forge 40.281°N -75.7038°W | City | African American, Business & Industry, Education, Iron, Mansions & Manors, Professions & Vocations, Underground Railroad | ||||||
| 940 Centre Ave. (Pa. 61), Greenfield Manor section of Reading | Roadside | American Revolution, Military | |||||||
| Tulpehocken Path | Lancaster Ave. (PA 501) at Schubert Rd., just N of I-78/US22, 1 mile N of Bethel 40.4782°N -76.2955°W | Roadside | Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American, Paths & Trails | ||||||
| Tulpehocken Path | Conrad Weiser Pkwy. / W Penn Ave. (US 422), at Conrad Weiser Homestead E of Womelsdorf 40.3601°N -76.1721°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation, William Penn | ||||||
| Tulpehocken Path | PA 419 N of Host (Missing) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation, William Penn | ||||||
| Union Canal | Morgantown Rd. (PA 10) & Philadelphia Ave. (PA 724), 2 miles S of Reading 40.2978°N -75.926°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Mills, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
| Union Canal | Pa. 183, .9 mile SE of Bernville | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Mills, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
| Union Canal | Upper Van Reed Rd. near Tulpehocken Creek, .1 mile S of Leinbachs, Bernville | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Mills, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
| Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) | 323 N 5th St., Reading 40.3407°N -75.9277°W | City | Writers | ||||||
| William Penn - First Visit to America - PLAQUE | US 422, .8 mile SE of Baumstown (264 E Ben Franklin Hwy., Birdsboro) 40.2738°N -75.7805°W | Plaque | Exploration, William Penn | ||||||
| William Strong | NW corner, 5th & Court Sts., Reading 40.3362°N -75.9279°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Professions & Vocations |